RUMOR - - Wash Post hires Jason LaCanfora's Replacement
 

A friend who is a sports journalist - he does [B]not[/B] work for the Washington Post - told me about an hour ago that the [I]Washington Post [/I]will announce that Rick Maese will replace Jason LaCanfora as the Skins' beat writer.


Maese did a stint with the [I]Orlando Sentinel [/I]and then moved to the [I]Baltimore Sun[/I]. He was a columnist at both stops so "beat writing" is something back in his past. He was let go at the [I]Sun[/I] recently when that paper purged about a half dozen folks from their sports department.


I made three phone calls trying to confirm this rumor but could not confirm. So, this is still in the rumor stage - - - but stay tuned...

Re: RUMOR - - Wash Post hires Jason LaCanfora's Replacement
 

I can confirm that it's true

I guess I can't really, but I've heard the same thing but from pretty reliable sources

Re: RUMOR - - Wash Post hires Jason LaCanfora's Replacement
 

Dan Steinberg cited a "usually reliable source" saying this is true too.

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[quote=ArtMonkDrillz;563352]Dan Steinberg cited a "usually reliable source" saying this is true too.

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Ah...well, there you go. I would think Steinberg should know

Re: RUMOR - - Wash Post hires Jason LaCanfora's Replacement
 

[quote=SmootSmack;563353]Ah...well, there you go. I would think Steinberg should know[/quote]He should, but he's citing a source himself, so I guess nothing is official yet.

Re: RUMOR - - Wash Post hires Jason LaCanfora's Replacement
 

I guess Reid got the shaft a bit.

Re: RUMOR - - Wash Post hires Jason LaCanfora's Replacement
 

[quote=FRPLG;563371]I guess Reid got the shaft a bit.[/quote]

How?

Re: RUMOR - - Wash Post hires Jason LaCanfora's Replacement
 

saden1: You guys hired Rick Maese to replace JLC?

[quote]
WaPo Source: I have not heard about us hiring anyone in that capacity. Jason Reid is still doing it and Paul Tenorio and Dan Steinberg have been spending more time at Redskins Park.
[/quote]

Re: RUMOR - - Wash Post hires Jason LaCanfora's Replacement
 

He's supposedly starting in mid-July. He said so himself...at least that's what I heard he said.

Don't know much about the guy, wonder what sort of sources he has with the Redskins

Re: RUMOR - - Wash Post hires Jason LaCanfora's Replacement
 

Got to love the irony. All that criticism towards the organization for getting free agents and not building from within and what does the Post do? If you guessed sign a free agent you would be correct.

Re: RUMOR - - Wash Post hires Jason LaCanfora's Replacement
 

[quote=SmootSmack;563446]He's supposedly starting in mid-July. He said so himself...at least that's what I heard he said.

Don't know much about the guy, wonder what sort of sources he has with the Redskins[/quote]

I guess the people at the post don't really know who they have or haven't hired. If I were one of them [URL="http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2009/06/10/wapo-clearing-the-way-for-layoffs/"]I wouldn't be either[/URL].

Re: RUMOR - - Wash Post hires Jason LaCanfora's Replacement
 

Never read any of his stuff that I can recall but people out there seem to like him.. we'll see?

Re: RUMOR - - Wash Post hires Jason LaCanfora's Replacement
 

Thank god this is getting settled. I was really getting worried about who was going to be the next WaPo "insider" for the fans to pile on every day.

Re: RUMOR - - Wash Post hires Jason LaCanfora's Replacement
 

[quote=Mattyk72;563530]Thank god this is getting settled. I was really getting worried about who was going to be the next WaPo "insider" for the fans to pile on every day.[/quote]
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Re: RUMOR - - Wash Post hires Jason LaCanfora's Replacement
 

Update

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